(Home heating oil is #2 Fuel Oil)
If you have an 80,000 btuh gas furnace, regardless of efficiency, it will cost you $1.70 per hour to operate.
- at  $1.40  per litre, 1,000 btus of oil costs 3.79 cents 
  If your furnace is equipped with a  .75 gph nozzle, it will cost you $3.93 per hour to  
  operate.
- at 25 cents per kilowatt 1,000 btus of electricity costs 7.33 cents 
   The worst way to heat by far. Any kind of electric heater that requires 80,000 btuh of  
   energy (the same amount as a typical gas furnace) would cost  $5.86  per hour to operate.
- at 75 cents per cubic metre, 1,000 btus of natural gas costs 2.12 cents 
Energy Price Comparison * 
* Prices used in this comparison are based on actual prices paid by
  Flamborough area customers in the last 6 months - Calculations
  capture all billing charges including HST 
Natural Gas
#2 Fuel Oil
Propane
Electricity
If you have an 80,000 btuh propane furnace, regardless of the efficiency, it will cost you $2.89 per hour to operate.
- at 85 cents per litre, 1,000 btus of propane costs 3.61 cents